Best anchorages and harbours in United States

The Thousand Island Club

Resort marina on the east end of Wellesley Island, on the main channel of the St Lawrence River, opposite Alexandria Bay.

Chesapeake Harbour Marina

Resort marina of 215 berths in a sheltered basin near the mouth of the Severn River, Annapolis.

North of Yonkers Yacht Club

Hudson River anchorage off Yonkers, New York, about 17 miles above The Battery and within sight of the New Jersey Palisades.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

The Boathouse Marina

Full-service marina on Monroe Bay at Colonial Beach, Virginia, on the Potomac River in the Northern Neck.

Herrington Harbour North

Full-service marina resort on Herring Bay, western shore of Chesapeake Bay, at Tracys Landing in Maryland.

MOONEY HARBOR

Central lagoon of the Marquesas Keys, a ring of mangrove islands about 25 miles west of Key West, Florida.

• Sheltered N, NE

North Lake

Man-made lake north of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida, opening to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near marker MM 1072.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Bull Island

Anchorage at Bull Island in Hadley Harbour, at the eastern end of Naushon Island in the Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE

Calvert Marina Solomons

Large marina and boatyard on a 123-acre site at Dowell on Back Creek, Solomons, on the Patuxent River in Maryland.

Charles Island

Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Mackinac Island State Harbor

Public harbour of refuge on the south shore of Mackinac Island, in the Straits of Mackinac between Lakes Michigan and Huron.

Oceanside Harbor

Small craft harbour on the Pacific coast of San Diego County, immediately south of the Del Mar Boat Basin at Camp Pendleton.

Port Canaveral Yacht Club

Member-owned yacht club with a deep-water marina inside Port Canaveral, on Florida's central east coast at 910 Mullet Road, Cape Canaveral.

St Michaels

Anchorage off St Michaels on the Miles River, Maryland Eastern Shore, mud bottom, sheltered from W through SE.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

West Buck Island

Anchorage in the North River just north of Buck Island, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in coastal North Carolina.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S

Fanshaw Bay

Bay indenting the eastern shore of Frederick Sound, on the north-east side of Cape Fanshaw in the Alexander Archipelago, about 83 miles south of Juneau.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Port Angeles

Large natural harbour on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, sheltered behind the Ediz Hook sand spit, on the north shore of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Cuyler Harbor

Bight on the north-east shore of San Miguel Island, the westernmost of California's Channel Islands and part of the national park.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Sunrise Harbor Marina

Private megayacht marina at 1030 Seminole Drive in Fort Lauderdale, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway just inside the Las Olas area.

Northport Harbour

Anchorage basin off the village of Northport, at the southeastern end of Northport Bay on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Safe Harbor Charleston City

Large marina on the Ashley River in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, with over 200 berths across 40 acres of water.

Seguin Island

Mooring field in Seguin Cove on the north side of Seguin Island, a high plateau 2.5 nautical miles off the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Skagway Small Boat Harbor

Municipal harbour at the head of Lynn Canal in the Alaska Panhandle, in the town of Skagway, southern terminus of the Inside Passage cruise route.

Rockhouse Creek

Anchorage inside Ponce de Leon Inlet between Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach, on the Atlantic coast of Florida.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Gumbys Head

Anchorage by Gumbys Head in the Westport River, near Westport Point, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Southold

Anchorage off Southold on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, in the Peconic Bay system between Town Creek and Jockey Creek.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Swan Creek Marina Moorings

Mooring field on Swan Creek, off Rock Hall on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Harris Creek

Anchorage on Harris Creek at Hampton, Virginia, a side creek off the lower James River and Hampton Roads.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Oxford

Anchorage off the town of Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where the Tred Avon River meets the Choptank in Talbot County.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Rock Hall

Anchorage off Rock Hall on the upper Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, mud bottom, with all-round shelter and fresh water available ashore.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE